It’s supposed to be that no one talks to a pitcher about what is transpiring during a no-hitter.

So the Scarborough High players and coaches kept their mouths shut last Thursday while junior Kevin Chamberlain baffled Westbrook hitters for six and two-thirds innings.

The problem was, the little voice inside Chamberlain’s head just wouldn’t shut up.

“I was pretty aware,” said Chamberlain, who had never thrown a no-hitter before. “I think I was too aware coming into that last batter.”

That last batter, Westbrook right fielder Joe Cook, singled into left field to break up the bid. The Blue Blazes followed with two more hits – and scored their first two runs – before Chamberlain could close the books on a 7-2 win.

“I think it seemed like he was a little upset, but it kind of goes with the territory,” said assistant coach Mike Loveless, who is filling in for head coach Bryan Harvie while he is in Boston training for a new job. “I think everyone kind of got off the edge a little bit and they got a couple hits, but it was always under control.”

That was because Scarborough was already sitting on a comfortable lead when Westbrook came alive in the bottom of the seventh.

The Red Storm got one run in the top of the first, three more in the second and scored single runs in the third, fourth and sixth innings to make it 7-0.

“We’re starting to swing the bats real well. We were struggling a bit, and we’ve actually come around and swung the bat real well the last four wins,” said Loveless. “We’ve won four in a row, so we’ve done a good job.”

Senior shortstop Zack Crouanas got the offense going in the first when he singled home left fielder Tucker Gorman, who had reached on a walk.

In the second, Matt Wahrer reached on an infield single to short with one out, then came around to score on a double to right-center by AJ Ellison.

The next batter, Bill McHugh, was hit by a pitch. Gorman followed with a liner to center that ricocheted off the glove of Christian Hamilton, who entered the game when the starter, Adam Hamilton, was tossed for arguing with the home-plate umpire. Ellison scored on the play to make it 3-0. McHugh made it 4-0 when he came home on an errant throw to second during a double steal with Gorman.

Chamberlain, meanwhile, was fully settled in by the second inning. It didn’t matter that, because of rain, he hadn’t pitched since beating Noble on April 25. In fact, it may have helped.

“It could’ve been the good rest,” he said. “I kept preparing for Portland, then it got cancelled both times, so I was pretty ready today.”

Chamberlain struck out Mike Tanguay to end the second, then got Josh Harriman swinging before striking out the side in the fourth. He finished with 12 strikeouts in the game.

“I thought we were a little flat to begin the game, but you’ve got to give him credit,” said Westbrook coach John Eisenhart. “He was very sharp today.

“Coming into the game he threw 15 innings and hadn’t walked anybody, so the game plan was to go get him. He’s around the plate. But it’s just baseball. Sometimes you run into a pretty good pitcher, and that’s what we ran into today.”

Scarborough extended its lead to 5-0 by taking advantage of a pair of errors in the third inning. Derek Poulin added an RBI double in the fourth, and McHugh scored on a passed ball in the sixth to make it 7-0.

Poulin, Scarborough’s catcher, was talking to Chamberlain the whole game, but not about the no-no.

“I mean it was a no hitter, so we’ve got to keep our mouths shut,” he said.

The little voice couldn’t, though.

Cook, Chadbourne and Mike Nicolas all had hits in the bottom of the seventh, and Tanguay reached on an error. The Blue Blazes couldn’t complete the comeback, but they didn’t lay down either.

“We’re a team with a lot of character,” said Tanguay. “We’ve come back all year, and it was our third time around seeing him. He’s a great pitcher, but once we got going it was enough to keep it going.”

The Red Storm improved to 4-2 with the win; it has since dropped to 4-4 after losing to both Portland (4-0) and Massabesic (14-7). Westbrook fell to 4-2 with the loss, then lost two more times over the weekend to Cheverus (8-5) and Thornton Academy (4-3).